Medical Edge
October 20, 2009
Tool Could Cut Costs of Treating Heart Failure
Treating heart failure patients costs $25 billion each year. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic hope to make it more affordable with a new device… Dr. Charles Bruce with the Mayo Clinic said, “Depending on that input we can determine whether the patients needs to see their physician or maybe we’d up their medications to […]
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October 16, 2009
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m confused about whether or not to get the H1N1 vaccination once it’s available. I stay home with small children, which puts me in the “higher risk” category, but I wonder how necessary it is. If I am otherwise healthy, should I really subject myself to a new vaccination that we know […]
Tags: flu, Medical Edge
October 15, 2009
Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: Treatment for Spasmodic Dysphonia Can Offer Help DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 79-year-old mother has suffered from spasmodic dysphonia for many years. Has any progress been made for a treatment or cure? ANSWER: Although there is no current cure for spasmodic dysphonia — a disorder that affects the vocal folds and […]
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October 8, 2009
Medical Minute: breast cancer studies at Mayo Clinic
Medical Edge: Some 250,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer every year – many of them not known to be at high risk. That’s why researchers at the Mayo Clinic are looking for better ways to identify who’s at increased risk in order to enhance early detection – hopefully helping these […]
Tags: Breast Cancer, Medical Edge
September 29, 2009
Conditions can be most effectively treated when they are identified early DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m nearing the end of my third pregnancy and curious about what kinds of tests my newborn baby will have once she arrives. My other children had blood taken after they were born, but I never felt comfortable asking what it […]
Tags: genetics, newborn screening
September 28, 2009
Mayo grabs more social media mindshare, adds a radio program and medical applications
Mayo Clinic announced an old- and new-media initiative on Friday, serving up an online radio show that’s heavy on the Twitter and will also be syndicated to more than a dozen stations in North America. Mayo Clinic Medical Edge Weekend is one of two online initiatives the health system announced this week. It also […]
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September 22, 2009
Mayo Clinic CampAims to Prevent Female Knee Injuries
This story is all too common on the soccer field and basketball court. A high school athlete jumps to get the ball, lands and blows out a knee. And most of that time those athletes are girls. Athletic trainer Candee Mills is helping these high school soccer players improve their game…”We also work on […]
Tags: female knee injuries
August 24, 2009
A Mayo Clinic doctor has spent 20 years sharing medical knowledge with southeast Minnesota, but now he’s sharing it with the world. Each Saturday morning, Dr. Thomas Shives and his co-host Dr. Jess Dhaliwal interview different medical experts. The pair answer questions that have been submitted to them either online or over the phone. […]
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August 14, 2009
Medical Edge Coverage: 8/14/2009
Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: Hip Pain May be Relieved by Treatments Other Than Surgery DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What exercises are recommended or should be avoided, when first experiencing pain and discomfort in the hip? I’d like some guidelines so I can put off hip replacement surgery for as long as possible…Arthritis and bursitis often cause […]
Tags: bipolar, hip pain, Medical Edge, traumatic stress disorder